28 November 2024,   14:38
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Moldova’s energy minister held talks with the head of Russian gas giant Gazprom in St Petersburg

Moldova’s energy minister held talks with the head of Russian gas giant Gazprom (GAZP.MM), opens new tab to discuss alternative routes to supply Moldova’s breakaway region of Transdniestria with Russian gas if transit through Ukraine stops, Moldova said, writes Reuters.

The gas transit agreement between Ukraine and Russia ends on December, 31 and Ukraine has said it will not extend it.

The economy of the Russian-backed Transdniestria region depends heavily on Russian natural gas supplied via Ukraine.

“They [energy minister Victor Parlicov and CEO Alexei Miller] focused on alternative routes for gas supplies to the Transdniestrian region of Moldova, if transit through Ukraine is disrupted”, Moldova’s energy ministry said in a statement after the talks in St Petersburg.

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